Elevated white blood cell count is associated with arterial stiffness

White blood cell subsets are associated with carotid intima-media thickness and pulse wave velocity in an older Chinese population: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study

“…The positive relationship between WBC number and PWV is in line with previous studies, 22 although not all. 23 However, it is possible that the opposite counterintuitive direction of the association in the previous contradictory study reflected the sample from which participants were drawn, who were women with systemic lupus erythematosus, making comparison with our study difficult.…”

“…One study used WBC as a marker of systemic inflammation and showed that age-adjusted PWV increased across quartiles of WBC in 788 Korean adults. 22 In contrast, in a sample of women with systemic lupus erythematosus, higher aortic stiffness, measured by carotid-femoral PWV, was associated with a lower WBC count. 23 No studies have examined this relationship in an older Chinese population, and, as far as we are aware, no studies have examined associations between sub-types of leukocyte and PWV.…”

Association of aortic stiffness to brain natriuretic peptide in children before and after device closure of patent ductus arteriosus

“…Hemodynamic changes, oxygen saturation changes (nocturnal hypoxemia) due to rise of pulmonary artery pressure, in addition to the inflammatory profile and endothelial dysfunction, may be the underlying mechanisms of aortic stiffness in shunt lesions [14,15].…”

White blood cell count and cardiovascular biomarkers of atherosclerosis

“…Lee et al reported a positive association between WBC and baPWV that was independent of classical cardiovascular risk factors (Lee et al 2009). On the other hand, we showed a weak correlation between WBC and CAVI in men (= 0.61, p = 0.043), but not in women (= 0.35, p = 0.17).…”